Freshman Lee Lopez dropped nine spots in the standings to finish in a four-way tie for 15th place at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Wednesday. Pepperdine’s Lisa McCloskey shot 17-under-par 199, including 5-under 67 in the final round, to narrowly win the individual title by one stroke. Long Beach[Read More…]
Men’s Golf
Freshman golfer highlights Tuesday’s Sports Picks
Women’s golf Freshman opens tournament with three-shot lead Freshman Lee Lopez sank eight birdies to finish the opening round atop the leaderboard at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Monday. The freshman, who played a bogey-free round, carded an 8-under 64 round at the Boulder Creek Golf Club and leads[Read More…]
‘Niners place 3rd at Del Walker Intercollegiate
Host Long Beach State finished in third place at the 13th annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Tournament, but it was Colorado State that left every other school and visitor in awe inside the clubhouse Friday. The Rams, who broke the tournament record by 20 strokes Thursday and the team-record total by[Read More…]
Men’s golf in 5th place after Day 1
Sophomore Ricky Montanez shot 3-under-par in back-to-back rounds to lead the Long Beach State men’s golf team to fifth place after the first day of the 13th annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Tournament on Thursday. Montanez, who shot a 68 in the first and second rounds, finished the day at 6-under[Read More…]
Women’s golfer denied back-to-back wins
Long Beach State senior All-American Kay Hoey was denied a second consecutive tournament win on Wednesday, finishing in a four-way tie for third place. Hoey, who started the day as the leader at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, shot 9-over-par 81 in the final round to finish the event 10-over 226.[Read More…]
Senior holds lead heading into final round
Long Beach State senior All-American Kay Hoey surged back to the top of the leaderboard in second round action at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. Hoey finished Tuesday at 1-over-par 145 by firing a 1-under 71 for the round. Entering the day tied for fifth place, Hoey birdied[Read More…]
Hoey fires 74, in search of back-to-back tournament wins
Long Beach State senior All-American Kay Hoey breezed through the first 17 holes and was poised to finish the first day in second place on Monday. Hoey slipped into a four-way tie for fifth after a double bogey on the final hole, finishing the day two shots behind the leader[Read More…]
Men’s golf finishes 8th in Palm Desert
The Long Beach State men’s golf team placed eighth in the 19-team field at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert on Sunday. The 49ers carded a 301 as a team in the final round to finish the tournament with a three-round 25-over-par 902 score. LBSU finished four shots behind[Read More…]
Tournament win propels golfer to conference honor
Coming off the heels of a win in the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational, women’s golfer Kay Hoey was named the Big West Conference Golfer of the Month on Thursday. The honor is the ninth of the Long Beach State senior All-American’s career, as Hoey won the award three times as[Read More…]
Senior golfer class of the field in Colorado
Long Beach State senior Kay Hoey captured the individual title at the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational in Colorado Tuesday. Hoey shot a 1-under-par 71 in the third round to finish at 9-under for the tournament, taking the title by three strokes over Emily Childs (University of Colorado) and Alice Kim[Read More…]